What does each club give for Hauteur au garrot in the Setter irlandais?

FCI, Male: 58–67 cm; AKC, Male: 68.6 cm; UKC, Male: 68.6 cm; CKC, Male: 68.5 cm; FCI, Female: 55–62 cm; AKC, Female: 63.5 cm; UKC, Female: 63.5 cm; CKC, Female: 63.5 cm.

Setter irlandais breed standards compared

Each column is one club's published standard. An empty cell means the club says nothing on that point in our records.

Clubs compared: FCI, AKC, UKC, KC, CKC.

Size

Size
Measure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Hauteur au garrot, male	58–67 cm	68.6 cm	68.6 cm	No ruling	68.5 cm
Hauteur au garrot, female	55–62 cm	63.5 cm	63.5 cm	No ruling	63.5 cm
Poids, male	No ruling	31.8 kg	34 kg	No ruling	31.8 kg
Poids, female	No ruling	27.2 kg	29.5 kg	No ruling	27.3 kg
Rapport crâne/museau	1	No ruling	No ruling	1	No ruling

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Articulé dentaireArticulé en ciseaux	Standard (“Jaws of nearly equal length. Scissors bite”)	Standard (“The teeth meet in a scissors bite”)	Standard (“meet in a scissors bite”)	Standard (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)	Standard (“The teeth meet in a scissors bite”)
Articulé dentaireArticulé en pince	No ruling	Alternative (“or they may meet evenly”)	No ruling	No ruling	Alternative (“or they may meet evenly”)
Port des oreillesTombantes (pendantes)	Standard (“hanging in a neat fold close to head”)	Standard (“hanging in a neat fold close to the head”)	Standard (“lying close to the head”)	Standard (“hanging in a neat fold close to head”)	Standard (“hanging in a neat fold close to the head”)
Attache des oreillesBasse	Standard (“set low and well back”)	Standard (“Ears set well back and low”)	Standard (“Set well back and low”)	Standard (“set on low, well back”)	Standard (“Ears set well back and low”)
Forme des yeuxEn amande	No ruling	Standard (“Eyes somewhat almond shaped”)	Standard (“Somewhat almond-shaped”)	Standard (“preferably like an unshelled almond in shape”)	Standard (“somewhat almond-shaped”)
Ligne du dessusDescendante vers l'arrière	No ruling	Standard (“incline slightly downward without sharp drop at the croup”)	Standard (“slopes slightly downward from withers to set on of tail”)	Standard (“gently sloping downwards from withers”)	Standard (“slopes downward without sharp drop at the croup”)
Port de la queueHorizontale	Standard (“Carried level with or below back”)	Standard (“nearly level with the back”)	Standard (“nearly level with back”)	Standard (“on a level with or below the back”)	Standard (“nearly level with the back”)
Port de la queueBasse (pendante)	Alternative (“Carried level with or below back”)	No ruling	No ruling	Alternative (“on a level with or below the back”)	No ruling
Longueur de la queueMoyenne	Standard (“Moderate length, proportionate to size of body”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Of moderate length proportionate to size of body”)	No ruling
Attache de la queueBasse	Standard (“set on rather low”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
PoitrineDescendue	Standard (“Deep chest, rather narrow in front”)	Standard (“Chest deep, reaching approximately to the elbows”)	Standard (“Chest deep, reaching approximately to the elbow”)	Standard (“Chest as deep as possible, rather narrow in front”)	Standard (“Chest deep, reaching approximately to the elbows”)
FanonAucun (gorge sèche)	Standard (“no tendency to throatiness”)	Standard (“free from throatiness”)	Standard (“free of throatiness”)	Standard (“free from all tendency to throatiness”)	Standard (“free from throatiness”)
Forme du museauCarré	Standard (“Moderately deep and fairly square at the end”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Muzzle moderately deep, fairly square at end”)	No ruling

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Tache de poitrail	Alternative (“white on chest, throat, and toes ... not to disqualify”)	Alternative (“A small amount of white on chest, throat or toes ... not to be penalized”)	Alternative (“A small amount of white on the chest, throat or toes not to be penalized”)	Alternative (“White on chest, throat, chin or toes ... may occur”)	Alternative (“A small amount of white on chest, throat, or toes ... not to be penalized”)
Balzanes	Alternative (“white on chest, throat, and toes ... not to disqualify”)	Alternative (“A small amount of white on chest, throat or toes ... not to be penalized”)	Alternative (“A small amount of white on the chest, throat or toes not to be penalized”)	Alternative (“White on chest, throat, chin or toes ... may occur”)	Alternative (“A small amount of white on chest, throat, or toes ... not to be penalized”)
Liste	Alternative (“narrow streak or blaze on nose or face not to disqualify”)	Alternative (“a narrow centered streak on skull is not to be penalized”)	No ruling	Alternative (“narrow streak or blaze on nose or face may occur”)	Alternative (“a narrow centred streak on skull, is not to be penalized”)
Large liste	Alternative (“narrow streak or blaze on nose or face not to disqualify”)	No ruling	No ruling	Alternative (“narrow streak or blaze on nose or face may occur”)	No ruling
Étoile	Alternative (“small star on forehead ... not to disqualify”)	No ruling	No ruling	Alternative (“small star on forehead ... may occur”)	No ruling

Setter irlandais colors and patterns

What each club's breed standard says about every Setter irlandais color and pattern. Point at a ruling to see the club's own wording.

Breed standards describe the Setter irlandais in Acajou, Rouge et Alezan. Standard patterns: Uni.

Pelage: rulings by club
Color or pattern	AKC	UKC	KC	FCI	KUSA
Acajou	Standard (“Mahogany”)	Standard (“mahogany”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Rouge	Standard (“Red”)	No ruling	Standard (“Red”)	No ruling	No ruling
Alezan	Standard (“Chestnut”)	Standard (“Rich chestnut red”)	Standard (“Rich chestnut”)	Standard (“Rich chestnut”)	Standard (“Rich chestnut”)
Patterns
Uni	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard
Fauve charbonné	Non reconnu (“with no black”)	Non reconnu (“with no trace of black”)	Non reconnu (“with no trace of black”)	Non reconnu (“with no trace of black”)	Non reconnu (“with no trace of black”)

Yeux: rulings by club
Color or pattern	AKC	UKC	KC	FCI	KUSA
Marron	Standard (“dark to medium brown”)	Standard (“dark to medium brown in color”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Brun foncé	Standard (“dark to medium brown”)	Standard (“dark to medium brown in color”)	Standard (“Dark hazel to dark brown”)	Standard (“Dark hazel or dark brown”)	Standard (“Dark hazel to dark brown”)
Noisette	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Dark hazel to dark brown”)	Standard (“Dark hazel or dark brown”)	Standard (“Dark hazel to dark brown”)

Truffe: rulings by club
Color or pattern	AKC	UKC	KC	FCI	KUSA
Noir	Standard (“Nose black or chocolate”)	Standard (“Black or chocolate”)	Standard (“dark mahogany, dark walnut or black”)	Standard (“dark mahogany, or dark walnut or black”)	Standard (“dark mahogany, dark walnut or black”)
Foie	Standard (“Nose black or chocolate”)	Standard (“Black or chocolate”)	Standard (“dark mahogany, dark walnut or black”)	Standard (“dark mahogany, or dark walnut or black”)	Standard (“dark mahogany, dark walnut or black”)

What the rulings mean

Standard: Described by the club's breed standard.
Non reconnu: The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

How a Setter irlandais's colors can change over its life.

Noirchanges toNez de neige
Truffe · Avec la saison · can change back
Noirchanges toRose
Truffe · Avec la saison · can change back

Sources

Each ruling comes from the club's published breed standard or color list.

Published standards

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